9 Comments

1. 

   acilius

    /  February 27, 2009

   Neat! Planetary exploration is fascinating.

2. 

   believer1

    /  February 27, 2009

   wow fun to look at.

3. 

   cymast

    /  February 27, 2009

   What a nice surprise if the microbes ended up looking like the MARS ATTACKS! picture in the article.

4. 

   acilius

    /  February 27, 2009

   That’s something to hope for!

5. 

   acilius

    /  March 4, 2009

   Maybe we should follow up with a new poll with more options. Such as, “If we do, I hope they’re the ones who owe me money” or “I met a Martian in 2016 BC, and she reminded me of you,” or “I haven’t met anyone but Martians for years.”

6. 

   cymast

    /  March 4, 2009

   Sounds fun! I look forward to your follow-up poll . .

7. 

   acilius

    /  March 4, 2009

   I’ll work on it!

8. 

   lefalcon

    /  March 4, 2009

   Other:

   NO! We will meet them after 2016 *AND* they will look a little bit like a crossbreed between George Will and Thomas Fleming … with abridgements of “Atlas Shrugged” strapped across their lower backs … dressed in Arby cowboy hats … with little Capt. Morgan beards superimposed upon their visages … wearing tinted safety-goggles manufactured from old recycled treatises on Scots English … and whatever else I may have forgotten …

9. 

   cymast

    /  March 5, 2009

   But will “Old Spice High Endurance Hair and Body Wash” be right for them?